(A) No religious organization bus may be operated on any street or highway unless all passengers, except for supervisory personnel, are seated in seats permanently mounted to the vehicle, and the aisle of the bus is kept clean and open.
(B) No religious organization bus may be operated on any street or highway while carrying more than the manufacturer’s rated passenger capacity for the bus, or at a gross weight in excess of the chassis manufacturer’s gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) or gross axle weight rating (GAWR), or in excess of the weight load ratings of the tires on the bus.
(C) In loading or unloading passengers, the religious organization bus driver shall stop the bus out of the lane of moving traffic at any bus stop, officially designated as such by the city or in a parking lane on the pavement of the highway or on the shoulder off of the highway, if wide enough to permit the safe loading or unloading of passengers. If, however, there is no bus stop, parking lane or shoulder within 50 feet of the religious facility, the driver may stop the bus on the pavement of the highway after activating unison amber warning lights for not less than 200 feet before the bus is brought to a stop and while passengers are being loaded across any interstate highway or controlled-access highway.
(1990 Code, § 28-454)
Statutory reference:
Similar provisions, see ILCS Ch. 625, Act 5, § 11-1424